Joseph Cundall and Robert Howlett were commissioned by Queen Victoria to create a series of photographs of Crimean Heroes when the war was over. Cundall was responsible for studio portraits showing the successful heroism of Victoria's men. Howlett worked on location at the naval dockyards and the veterans' hospital recording the underside of war, in the portraits of those who were severely wounded. These portraits have recently been reused on a series of postage stamps in England.

Gustave Le Gray

Brig on the Water 1856

Albumen print 12¢ x 16¢ in (31.8 x 42 cm)

Swann Galleries - New York LL/21782

With Le Gray's stamped signature at the lower right corner of print recto, his partial blind stamp and the numeric notation "4," in pencil, on mount recto; professionally mounted to an archival secondary support mount.

Gustave Le Gray, whose most admired works are his seascapes, merged photography's technical advances with a painter's 'sthetic vision. He photographed maritime subjects at the Normandy coast, Sainte-Adresse and Le Havre, and Mediterranean, for about four years.

This photograph was included in a lot sold at the Swann Galleries auction "Important 19th & 20th Century Photographs" (New York, Mon Oct 15, 2007).

Janis remarks: 'If there is some confusion regarding the exact time of day (for here too the effect is like a theatrical sunset, not high noon), Le Gray maintained a strong degree of intimacy with the landscape as a whole. Even in these large and dramatic prints, we feel united across space with the little boats whose perfectly rendered forms seem to beckon us into halcyon infinities beyond the horizon' (p.81).

Amateur British colonial photographer, Alexander Greenlaw was the first to extensively photograph the site in 1855-56. The resulting series of waxed paper negatives were made available to the V&A and printed in 1910. These are the earliest known prints.

Amateur British colonial photographer, Alexander Greenlaw was the first to extensively photograph the site in 1855-56. The resulting series of waxed paper negatives were made available to the V&A and printed in 1910. These are the earliest known prints.

Amateur British colonial photographer, Alexander Greenlaw was the first to extensively photograph the site in 1855-56. The resulting series of waxed paper negatives were made available to the V&A and printed in 1910. These are the earliest known prints.

Alexander Greenlaw

Vittala Temple, Gopura and Dipa-stambha 1856

Waxed paper negative 30.5 x 38 cm

Alkazi Collection of Photography 99.01.0054 LL/52980

Alfred Capel Cure

Blasted Tree at Badger 1856

Albumen silver print 7 x 8 7/8 in (17.8 x 22.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Thomas Walther Collection LL/25985

This photograph was included in the exhibition "Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (September 25, 2007-December 31, 2007)

Museum purchase with funds given by David H. McAlpin, Object Number: x1973-64 LL/44559

Francis Frith

Kom Ombo, Egypt 1856

Albumen print, from wet collodion negative, uncut stereo pair

Private collection of John Hannavy LL/31334

In addition to his many large format views of Egypt, Frith produced some remarkable stereoscopic images, renowned for their crisp 3D effects. (John Hannavy, 2008)

This photograph was included in the book by John Hannavy "Great Photographic Journeys - in the footsteps of Pioneer British Photographers" (Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2008 - # ISBN-10: 1904587542, # ISBN-13: 978-1904587545)

Francis Frith

Karnak, Egypt 1856

Albumen print, from wet collodion negative

Private collection of John Hannavy LL/31335

"When I reflect upon the circumstances under which many of the photographs were taken, I marvel greatly that they turned out so well. Now in a smothering little tent, my collodion fizzling - boiling up all over the glass the moment it touched - and, yet again, pushing my way backwards on my hands and knees, into a damp, slimy rock tomb to manipulate, - it is truly marvelous that the results should be presentable at all." Francis Frith in 'Egypt and Palastine photographed and described' (1859)

The huge temple at Karnak was partially collapsed, and much of it buried in the desert sands, when Frith visited. (John Hannavy, 2008)

This photograph was included in the book by John Hannavy "Great Photographic Journeys - in the footsteps of Pioneer British Photographers" (Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2008 - # ISBN-10: 1904587542, # ISBN-13: 978-1904587545)

Francis Frith

Philae, Egypt 1856

Albumen print, from wet collodion negative, uncut stereo pair

Private collection of John Hannavy LL/31341

The location of the Temple of Philae as seen by Frith is now deep beneath the waters of Lake Nasser. As part of a huge UNESCO project in the 1960s which included the huge rock temples of Abu Simbel, the temple at Philae was painstakingly dismantled and rebuilt on a different island above the lake's high water level. (John Hannavy, 2008)

This photograph was included in the book by John Hannavy "Great Photographic Journeys - in the footsteps of Pioneer British Photographers" (Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2008 - # ISBN-10: 1904587542, # ISBN-13: 978-1904587545)